Though I mostly guess I try my best
To do the best I can
Striving in life without questioning why
To be the man my dog thinks that I am

When he looks at me all that he sees
Is perfection in his eyes
While I play fetch with selfishness
A rotten scent that's hard to hide

Like it's been said about man's best friend
There is nothing that I can
Do wrong in his sight so why can't I
Be the man my dog thinks that I am

When this here **** gets home from work
And only wants to be left alone
My dog's there to greet, wagging his tail at me
Ready to bury that bone

I too often ignore the one by my feet on the floor
Who after all is my biggest fan
There's not a thing I could do to change his point of view
I only wish I was the man my dog thinks that I am

We need another Martin Luther King
Today now more than ever
Someone to take the faithful leap
That will bring us all together

Who sees the plight of man for what it is
All one race, no color
Where together in harmony we all shall stand
Sister to sister, brother to brother

A leader with a vision
With open arms and callused hands
That will peacefully fight for all that's right
Over every square inch of this land

To lift us out of this world in doubt
Not silent on what really matters
Raising our voices in joyful sound
A world where we love each other

One who hears the righteous call
And says here I am send me
For freedoms sake above it all
Like Martin Luther King

Before we know what's going on
And decide to throw our stones
Perhaps, take a step back

It is best we drop the rocks
Without giving a second thought
And come at this with love instead

I think that there is plenty of
Us out here that clearly judge
Before we even know the facts

When most of what we all do
We do as much as all of you
When it was, I looked last

As we commence to throwing stones
Before we know what's going on
There's something deep inside we lack

Weighing heavy on our hearts
It is best we drop the rocks
And come at this with love instead

in my glove compartment
i keep things in mind
i feel i might need at times
important in my life

as i travel
from over here to over there
hoping against hope to get somewhere
with this grinding of the gears

randomly out of order
my life i propose
a long time ago
along life's bumpy road

every now and then
i struggle in the cleaning out
what that's all about
removing of all doubt

in my glove compartment
where all this comes to mind
no telling what i'll find
collected over time

you might wish for happiness
wish that things go well
make a wish with secrets kept
quickly wish, before the candles melt

you could wish for fortune
or that this day would end
wish life came stamped with a warning
beware of where you step

wish you'd never done that
or to do it all again
wish the genie in the magic lamp
would give you one more wish

you might wish for true love
while others wish the same
as those down on the corner
wish you had a pocketful of spare change

wish for a different outcome
but wishing don't make it so
you can make a wish and then some
wish out loud that you had known

wish that you had seen that
last wish would turn and bite
if wishes were nothing but fishes
we'd all toss in a line

don't let the now
become the when
you had the chance
but then again
you let it slip
out of your hand
far out of reach
of any plan

you had on the here
and on the now
danced with the chance
but then somehow
you let it slip
out of your hand
you thought you could
but now you can't

when you took a breath
and let it pass
it could be said
you had the chance
then let it slip
out of your hand
when a feeble grasp
was all that you had